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Genus: Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Thomisus spectabilis Doleschall, 1859

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031505

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Described:

Distribution: India to Australia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany f (2630) of Xysticus pustulosus - (Moritz & Fischer, 1984)
Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 2f (A 832 = Godeffroy 22676) of Xysticus pustulosus [presumably without type status] - (Rack, 1961)

Taxonomic References

Thomisus spectabilis Doleschall, 1859: 56, pl. 6, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Xysticus pustulosus L. Koch, 1867b: 220 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066538]

Misumena pustulosa L. Koch, 1874a: 531, pl. 40, f. 6-7 (Dm, f)

Pistius annulipes Thorell, 1877b: 501 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066539]

Pistius bipunctatus Thorell, 1877b: 504 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066540]

Pistius pustulosus Thorell, 1881: 331

Daradius annulipes Thorell, 1891: 78

Daradius bipunctatus Thorell, 1891: 83

Thomisus spectabilis Simon, 1895a: 1019 (S of Pistius pustulosus)

Thomisus spectabilis Reimoser, 1934b: (S of Thomisus annulipes and T. bipunctatus)

Thomisus spectabilis Nakatsudi, 1943a: 165, f. 14a-c, pl. XXIII, f. 2 (m)

Thomisus spectabilis Chrysanthus, 1964: 102, f. 55-61 (mf)

References

Chrysanthus, P. (1964). Spiders from south New Guinea VI. Nova Guinea, Zoology 28: 87-104. -- Show included taxa

Doleschall, L. (1859). Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5(5): 1-60, pl. 1-17. -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1867b). Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 173-250. -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1874a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 10-11]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 473-576, pl. 36-44. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Nakatsudi, K. (1943a). Some Arachnida from Micronesia. Journal of Agricultural Science Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 2: 147-180, pl. 12-14. -- Show included taxa

Reimoser, E. (1934b). Araneae aus Süd-Indien. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 41: 465-511. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1877b). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 10: 341-637. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1881). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 17: 1-720. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1891). Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(2): 1-149. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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